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AG Biondi Arrests Unlicensed Mental Health Counselor for Medicaid Fraud

Press Releases / June 11, 2014

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested Palm Beach County man Richard Robert Day, 70, following allegations that he practiced mental health counseling without a valid license and defrauded the Medicaid program. According to the investigation, Day was employed by Brevard County nursing home MTS Health Services, LLC, where he […]

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FIFA, Blatter and The OnGoing World Cup Ego Mania

Featured / June 11, 2014

As the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil, the controversy around FIFA, corruption, the Qatar controversy and the man running the whole show – FIFA president 78 year old Sepp Blatter who is to run for yet another four year term heading football’s most powerful body. The World Cup’s problem is not all the

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Divorce Law Tip: It’s All In The Timing

Featured / June 11, 2014

So what’s a great tip when it comes to getting divorced? Well, given that almost half of all marriages go that way the best advice according to experts is the same as it is for good comedians: Timing. Take billionaire hedge fund entrepreneur David Tepper, 56, who is apparently splitting from his wife of 28

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Obama’s Big Cheese – A First Time Ever!

US Law / June 11, 2014

White House press release – This is the first time the President has done this: President Lincoln had an open-door policy to the public. Visitors were constantly packed in the stairwells, crowding the hallways, and literally camping outside his office door. President Jackson had a 1,400-pound block of cheese in his foyer, and any citizen

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Scottish Lawyers Set For Further Growth

Law Firm Management, Law Firms, UK Law / June 11, 2014

Scottish law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn is considering expansion as its profits increased by 10 per cent and the firm’s strength sees it eyeing opportunities for further growth with possible acquisitions. Herald Scotland reports the S&W had grown its fee income beyond forecast levels for the 12 months to April 30, 2014, to rise seven

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“Love and Hip Hop” Star Arrested for Failure to Pay $1m in Child Support

Law Firms / June 10, 2014

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas O’Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), announced the unsealing of a criminal Complaint against STEVEN JORDAN, a/k/a “Stevie Jordan,” a/k/a

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Investment CEO’s Scheme to Defraud NBPA Results in Prison Sentence

Law Firms / June 10, 2014

Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSEPH LOMBARDO, the founder and former chief executive officer of Prim Capital Corporation (“Prim”), was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for mail fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice, arising from his scheme to defraud the National Basketball Players

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Teachers’ Union Lawsuit Victor a Lover of “The Fortune Cookie”

Featured, Law Firms, Lawyers / June 10, 2014

The lawyer for the students who won a lawsuit challenging the protection of jobs on Tuesday on the basis of unconstitutional issues, is a believer in winning and a lover of the Walter Matthau movie “The Fortune Cookie” about a crooked, ambulance-chasing lawyer. As co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s appellate and constitutional chair groups, Theodore Boutrous

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Clyde & Co Opens In Southern California

Law Firms / June 10, 2014

Clyde & Co is pleased to announce that it is opening an office in Southern California, headed by Joe Walsh, formerly a partner at Keesal, Young & Logan. Clyde & Co is pleased to announce that it is opening an office in Southern California, headed by Joe Walsh, formerly a partner at Keesal, Young &

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The Kidnapping Issue for Business

Briefing / June 9, 2014

Employers owe a duty of care to their employees, and how far this duty extends in order to ensure the safety of individuals is brought sharply into focus when employees of a business find themselves victims of a kidnap event. As the kidnap landscape continues to evolve and global businesses particularly in the mining and

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